#141 WS doean't load up after updating

[Ana Kessler]

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. When i click on ws icon the logo appears then disappears fast
2.This happend after i updated the ws
3.i tried terminal too

What is the expected output?
it should load the ws

What do you see instead?
~$ webcamstudio
[warning] /usr/bin/webcamstudio: No JAVA_CMD set for run_java, falling back to JAVA_CMD = java
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: webcamstudio/WebcamStudio : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:803)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:449)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:71)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:482)

The Operating system you are using (Linux, Windows etc)?
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

What version of WebcamStudio are you using?
Latest from PPA
What version of Java are you using?
I think openjdk java 7 policy tool ?
What is your Webcamera vendor, model and version?
Latest model

For *nix users please enter the output from "sudo lsusb"?

[Ana Kessler]

I fixed the problem by following commands...
I figured out i needed Java 8 on Ubuntu and not anymore so i did...

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt update
sudo apt install oracle-java8-installer

[Soylent TV]

Good Chatch,
you can also install openjdk-8-jre also.
You can switch between Java vesion using:

$ sudo update-alternatives --config java

and choosing the one you need.
Have a good day.
karl